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Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or
something better of the same sort, must form read more
Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or
something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every
Englishman's education.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
[You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]
You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
[You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.